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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (139322)	2/17/2018 2:45:06 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219176

Since the 2003 Iraq war the US has decided to reinforce and protect the Kurdish regions against all comers, much to the consternation of Iraq, Syria and Turkey which consider all consider the Kurds annoying or terrorists and wish they would simply cease to exist. I have no personal feelings about the US alliance with Kurds and Yazidis, but it fits with the American desire to ally with underdogs. Give that the case, it's self-abuse for Syrians, Russians Iraqis and Iranians to attack these US bases. They hopelessly outgunned due to US military spending and it's going to continue to be an autonomous region until the US government decides otherwise, which has little or nothing to do with who is President. If the US President is capable of finding allies in the US government - the adults in each room - they can be quite influential and powerful. But without developing that accord the US President is a pointless sideshow with little actual influence. As a citizen of New Zealand you have your opinions, but they don't really count for much in our system of government.